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~CO~OMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Ar'r-a c an Population Conference Accra, Ghl,na, 9-18 ])ecem-l)8r 1971

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLL~CTION

(Prepared by the Statistical Office of the ,'eli ted Nations)

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A. INT;WDUCTION

1, Altho~"h demo~raphic data serve beth administrative and sci8ntlfJc purposes, the fact that only a ~overnment Can mobilize the very

considerable resources and energies ne c e eea.ry to the larp'o-scale co l.Le ct io';

of such data, and also that only a n-overnment can provide that le~al backin~ necessary for any appr-cxima tion to comple to o cve r-ar-s , re suLt s in the content of demor-r aphi c inquiries bein,,: dete rmi ned pri.m ar-LLy on t h..

basis of the administrative, r-a tbe r than scioctific, uses to which tLe ce data can be put. Administrative uses of demoe-r-aphac data ranee from ehe determination of le~islative apportioTh~ont to the provision of le~al

proof of an individual's identify and civil status; but the use of

Qemo~raphic data most qenlane to the present discussion is that related to national planning.

2. Any rational attempt to plan on behalf of a people ^Is economic and social wellbein~ will require information about demo~raphic conditions.

Whether this planninp relates to health, welfare, housin~, sohoolinR.

transportation, employment, pensions, or the administration of justice, it is necessary to know both the size, distribution, and composition of the population, and the levels and patterns of that population's mi"ratory and vital movements. Such information is needed for the

depiction of present conditions, for f'oz-ecastrrie future conditions, a"Jd foe"

assessing the consequences - and also the success or failure - of

different types of social pro"rammes (family planninp, disease control, expanded primary schooliUR, or rural development, for example),

B. DEI<IOGHAPHIC DATA ON AFhICA

3. The acquisition of this kind of information amon~ the countries of Africa has not, as yet proceeded very far. Ex:cludincr the few

"administrative" '"':ensuses (which are not enumerations, but ra.ther, merely collations of estimates for small sub-divisions of a country), we find that only

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of these 56 countries a~d territories have 'aker.

any census since 1950 (see Annex 1). Another 11 have stated their intention of takin~ one sometime before 1975 and six have at least expressed interest in s~ch an undertaking, but, as the plans fo~

certain of these censuses are, as yet, so indefinite, there are seriOUS doubts as to just how many of them will actually be undertake~ or, if undertaken, completed.

4. This deficiency has been somewhat offset by the fact that parti a.L censuses have been taken in seven countries and s~ny1e censuses in 10 others. However, in only four countries "ere these inquiries conducted less a decade eeo (see Annex 1).

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Sarnplill,Q:' can also frequently provide data of ...reater usefulness gnd accuracy than those derived from complete censuses or comprehensive

re"istration systems - even where stati sti ca I pro...rammes are well developed. 1he results of sample inquiries, restin... , as they dc, on a smalle:c number of sohedules, require less time for processine and c an therefore be made aveil~ble sooner than Cen the results of inquiries c on ce r-nLno- an entire population. By requir in" fewer persrmnel, aarn p.l i.nsr 2180 ~ermits a ?reater concentration of effort 0n the trainin~ and supurvision of field workers - with resul tant _~ains in accuracy. And with eamplinl"!" it is more feasible to inquire Ln to "reater detail on specific attri'Jutes, 10. How,wer, sampr In» cannot do the job alone. 'l'here must be suf'fi cient know Ie d.ee of the total population and its distribution to provide a "samylinR' frame", that is, a base from which to select the sampl<> or s an.pl es to be

Lnvest Lc-a te d, Very often the most effective method of obtai nin^c- a s amili n»

fr arue is to make use of the division of the country into enumeration areas for populati0n census purposes. It i~, of course, no less necessary fer

aampli n» than for the census itself that these areas be properly mapped and that their boundaries be easily identifiable on the ...round. Thou"h the work involved is tedious, it is not unduly expensive and the results can du much to improve the accuracy ~f surveys of all types.

11. Accrrdin...ly, the Consultative Group Meeting or"anized by the

Ec,onomic Commission for Africa in January of this year recommended that, as a basic minimum, every country in Africa shoul~ have conducted a simple headcount of its population by small area subdivisions before the end of 1974 (that is, before the end of current census decade) _a~d

that other iLms of information should be colleoted on the basis of periodic surveys of area sa~Dles chosen on the baSIS of the samplinR' frame developed c it of thid »cne r-al headoount. Phoue-h r-ec os-nLz inv that their actual nature would have to deyend on national circumstances, the Consultative Group recommended that these subdivisions be the 3callest ...eo~rap~ic units of the oountry that are both understandable and oodable and that they be defined in a way that would pbrmit separate tabulation of

"urban" and "rural" po pu.Lat ~)n. The ,"roul' hoped that by usi nr- samples instead of a oomplete enuneration for everythin~ but the simple headcount, countries would reoeive the benefits oustomarily expected frnm this

method of prooedure: that is, a savin". of time and money and a hi,!her level of acouracy.

12 The possibilities inherent in the~plioationof samplinR' extend beyond the kinds of data customarily oolleoted in oensuses to those customarily COllected, as well, by vital re~istrgtion. There is an

over-ridinp need in Africa - and elsewhere - for annual, comprehensive data on births and deaths. Ultimately, i t is hoped, nationwide vital

rep"istration will be universal, but in the meantime, the imp~rtance of acourate estimates of fertility and mortality necc rsi t.a tc , resort to

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altern tive procedures. These alternatives are, first, sample surveys

operatin~ as a substitute for reRistration and, second, sample reRistration schemes supported by surveys.

13. With sample surveys one can distinuuish three ~eneral procedures for the ac~uisition of data en vital events: the sin~le-round, wholly retrospective method, the multi-round follow-up method, end the

continuous observation method. The latter two are more expensive, but they are also less subject to error. All three involve the Use of retrosrective questions, ann. all share the "eneral di eadv an t.ae-ea of any ir.t8rvie" survey, namely, dependence ~n (a) the willinRness of the informant to ~rve the information requested, (b) his knowled~e of the events, and (c) his ability to reme~ber well enouph to place the event ccrrectly in time and Rpace.

14., The si.no-le-c-ound , wholly retrospective sample survey records

information on vital events that have occurred to members of the sampled household durinR the period under study - usually the pre c edinv 12 months.

With such a survey there is a particular difficulty concerning the

re~i8tration of deaths occurring in one-person households because death will, by definition remove such households from the population, Other

problems arise from the possibility of chan~es in household membership over the perioa under consideration.

15. The Qistinctive feature of the multi-rouno, follOW-Up method is

that the information on vi tal events (and, incidentally, also on mi".ration) is obtained by means of v~ecking into the presence of persons enumerated at the !.ni~l al survey, and then noting all c hanee s, Special problems wi th the mu.:Lti-:.:·ouni surv cy J.li.Jo '.'lj,t~~ :::"'BUP(;Ct to t bc stati.st i c a L tr-ea tmcnt of

h o ua eh oL d s n ew^{L v} rosi.dent in the area and the vi tal events ^{o c}c u r - r - in » to them over the period und~r investi~ation, and also in the need to trace extinct and dispersed households. As with the sin~le-staRe survey,

deaths in OLe-person Clouseholds are lrkely to be the most troublesome scur c e of omission..,

160 The continuous (or repeated) observation method is an extension of the concept of the multi-round survey, It consists of a system of "c ont.inuous" cbse rv a't i.on in which the enumerator or re.Q'istrar visits each househould in his area at frequent intervals (every .ncntb , if possible) to r ec oz-d events as closely as possible to the time of their cccurrence.

17. Turnin~ now to the use of sample re".istration areas, Ne find that such areaS have been established in countries with well~developed

registration systems for the purpose of investi".atin~ special topics, or for tosti n» new procedures, or to make uat a available earlier than tee;}

wou.ld otheruise be, In countries wi thout well-developed re~istratio!'

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systems, sample areas can form the nucleus upon which a system ~f national vital statistics re~istration is later developed. Resources can initially be concentrated in selected areas and later expanded to others. Workin~

with units of limited size and referrin" to only a small portion of the tot,,}. population, a system of sample reo:istration areas effer:> an administratively feasible ffiGanS to the effective use of resolirces tou limited for application to an entire country. As in a country ~ith a well-developed rer;istration system, it can pr ovi de a pz-ov i.n,e [,round f'o.e new pr-ocedur-es , IVloreover, any r8r~istration system - whether c ove r-i n» an entire country or only selected areas - will provide, in ccntrast to a survey system, data unaffected by any possible variation there mc

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be in the timinjJ' of vi tal events. Concern for the e f'f'e cts of time-variation is, in fact, the main reason for the statistician's pr-ef'er-enc e for

c o.l Le ctinc- data on vital events by means of I' .~istration rather than surveys ..

18. A further adv anta e-e of the system of sample rep"istratica areas is that i t offers a bette r chance of recrui tin!" sufficient pe r s onne L

suited to such an undertaking - and of training and supervisin~ these persons to the deRree neoessary~ Trainin~ and supervision are extremely important. Gaining sufficient public cooperation is a problem in any vital stati sti c a system, but it is a pa rt i.cu l ar-Ly di f'fi cul t problem when

the population involved is unustd to statistioal uata-~atherin~conoerning events of what may appear to be exclusively peI'80nal si~nifioance. Moreover, there is the further problem of collectin,D' data on mobile populations

nomads and urban-ward ,ni~rants, for "xample. Any hope of c o Ll ectLnr- acourate vital statistiod on Afrioan populations, therefore, must be based, E.t least in part, on the th o r - o u e - c tr - ai ⁿ i.no- and ^c a r - e f ' u I s u p e r vi ^{s i . o n} of enumerators and r~~istrars.

19. Where a country's vital rates are to be estimated on the basis of data collected in only a sample of areas, selection of these areas should be on the hasis of probability and any calculation of rates for toe country as a whole should be undertaken with statistics from each area suitably weif':hted for its population size and (Where applicable) for other

d.emoc-r apl.Lc cba.r ac ter-ist ic s as well. 1).10 do this, it a s , of 00Ul:'Se nece s aa ry to have data or; the po puc-, ·.i0r~ i t s eIf', Hep-istration car.n-vt stand aloneo Whether or not they are to be the sole souroe of information on vital events; oe4suses _(~r surveys) are indispensable to the use

of such data: indispensable as a check on the c cmj.Le^ten e s s of re~istration,

as an inde1Jende~t souroe from Which to estimate vital rates~ and most important - as the means of o bt a i.n i.n» the population base without which re~istrationdata are of no statistioal ~alue.

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20 There ar-e th~'ee major types of activities carried on by the

Ur.1 ted Naci.oria for the pur po s e of improvincc d.emop'raphic data throc.",hou t thevr\)rld~ (a) formulation of common s t.antiar d s cono e rni n» the kinds of date. ^·GO b., collected., methods of collection, classification, and f'oi.m of pr-eserrtat i or., a.nd the pr e par-at ion of meuhod o Lcr-Lc a.I ma.rua.l s

desi.g'~'led to assist countries in achiev i.nv those common standards;

(b) parti c a pat i.on in meot i.ne s , workshops, etc. relating to t.he o.r canLz at i.on and conduc-t of census and vi tg,l statistics 1_.::'o.Q"ramm~3,

data pr oc e s sⁱ no , and samplinf' methods, and the preparation of technical pape~s for 3uch _meetin~s;

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provision of technioal assistanoe _i~ the form of fielci experts, advice to «ove.cnments and speoi&.liz,ed e.:~~encies

c0YlcerninD" demo!7'raphio data oollection, and a.ssistanoe to national and rep".i.onal traininp prog'ramrnestl

21. Over the pa^{s ,} year, support from the United Nations Fund fur Po puLat ion Activities has made possible a considerable b.::::pansic:n of technic8.] a s si st anc e ac_-~lvi -vies" In AfrLJa, r"'uL' example, the number of reRional advisers in demo~raphic etatistic8 and data~processin~is

b8j.n~ j_f1.c:!:'8ased and e xpan s i.or, j.s occur-r-tru- in the number of traininfl"

ojj)ortuni ti6s for national personnel) in the use of shor-'j~-term advisory teams in c e nau s p.i ann i.n e , and in the provision uf 10noo--tBrm country experts ..

In _ad~~tion, some assistance is _bein~ offered with local expenses _~. those for eqlli')ffient, cnume r-ati.on , ana data-process1.n~} ::'01' Lnstanc o ,

22, This 8xpancion of United Nations technical assistdnce for demopraphic data c011ect~0n in Africa iE partly d result of national intc:r:-est

rJ'eneratecl by the Africa.n Census Proc-r-amme developed, Last .Je.rruer-y , at the Con eul't.aci ve Group 1\.118eting in Ac'_dis Ababa a Lr-e ady referrC)d to ..

'I'he 'pUJ'::'P0'jt:~ of this Pr'o vr amme ^{. i}s to increase assistanc'O:: to .h..fr:~c-5.:''''.

c ountr-a...~s that have either be'::Jn unable to par-sicil-;ate in tl"'_e CUITe!l.t roune of population censuses or that _~ish to obtain !nore detailed and accurat-. inf"orrn2.tion on ,lJopulation than in currently available in their

ce~3U;:.38S~ The Pl"Op':f'aiTIlllG e nvLaar-e s t~at tne ne.e d s of each country 'I-jill be e xam i.ne d ()n an a nd i.v i.du e.L 1:lasil? and projects nep:"otit:.lteCLVT~~}J. the

gover'nm·.:.lnts c onc e.cneo., As United. Nati.ons ::esources are hardl;j" Gufficient for full financinp-:", the Pr-or-r am.ne ae aume s that count.er-part ser^£,.ice s will be lJrovi<l8d by each f'overnment .. with the actual amount subject to individual c on si de r c t i.on s , The Pro,ozrJ.mme sUR'~ests that, on t.!J.e basis of the

information rr3ccivedj EJ. Policy Team should visi t Lndi ...idual countries to disc .ss the broad outlines of their pz-o je cts and 't.hat the accu a.L requects to t.he UN Fund for Population Activities should. '''" prepared wlth t.he a sei at.ance of a Fea sibi Lfty 1vIission oI'P.'3.nized La te r by th8 Lo onon.i c Commission for i1.fri;:;a ..

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23. Thou~h reco~izinp"that any pro".ramme of demo".raphic data

collection must be ".eared to the needs and conditions specific to each country, the African Census Pro".ramme 'notes that a certain basic

minimum of demo~raphic information would seClm to be requisite to nearly all social and economic plann1n".; this minimum consistin~ of

two parts: first, the number of people by sex by area sub-divisions and, second, the a~e structure of this population and its patterns of mi~ration, fertility, and mortality. The Pro".ramme recommends

that only the total population by sex and ~eo~raphic division be obtained on a 100 per cent basis, with the rest of the information obtained on a sample basis.

24. The minimum list of items recommended 1S as follows:

1. Name·

2. Place where found at the time of enumeration

3.

Place of birth

4. Sex

5.

A'!e

6. Children born alive (for women of or beyond childbearin~ a".e)

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^Children livin~ (for women Qf or beyond childbearin". a".e)

8.

Live births in past 12 months, by sex

9.

Deaths in past 12 months, by sex and ap"e

25. Other items recummended in the Propramme fall into two classifications, first priority ~nd second priority, as follows:

a) First priority

1. Type of economic activity 2. Occupation

3.

Educational attain~ent

4. Marital status b) Second priority

Rel"'tion~hip to head of household Etb:ic.. gTcup (or citiz2nsr~ip)

Literacy

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S~hool attendance

5. In~~~try i~ ¥hicrh economically active

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Status (employer, employee, etc.)

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Usual place of residence

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Duration of residence

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Previous place of residence 10. ReIi e-Lon

l:c. Number cf ;jiivell ll~"

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Number of years since first marria".e 13. Children below school a".e

14. Whether worked for payor profit any time in past 12 months

Thou~h recoP"nizinp" the potential usefulness of the information not included in the minimum list, the pro".ramme stresses that no thin". on the minimum list should be sacrificed in order to permit inclusion of other items.

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Official Sources of Demo~raphic Data on Africa since 1950

Year(s) partial surveyor partial census

taken of population

Year ( s) sample survey taken

of population

Year(s) census taken

of population

Year for which cconsus of population

planned 1969-71 1954 1960 1966

1950 1960 1970

1956 1964 197 1

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195 2 1965 197 2

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1960-65 1973

1950 1960 1970

1959-60 1973**

1964 1973

1958 1966

1960-61 1973*

1960-61 1972

1960 1966 1950 1960 1970

1974 ALQ'eria

Ann~ola

Botswana Burundi Cameroon

Cape Verde Islands Central African nep.

Chad

Comoro Islands

Con~o, PeopleTs Rep.

of Dahomey

E~ypt

Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia

French Territory of the Afars and the Issas

Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivo:ry Coast Kenya

Lesotho Liberia

Libyan Arab Rep.

Mada':\ascar Malawi r.lali

Mau:ritania.

Mau:rit~us

Morocco Mozambique Namibia

Ni~er

IHD'eria

Portuguese Guinea

1966

1964-65

1960-61 J960-61 1960-

70 1963

1966 1971 1960 1970 1955

1957-58

1962 1969 1956 1966

1969-73 - 1962 . 1973 1954 1964

1966

1970 1966

1960-61

1971-74

1952 1962 1972

1961-61 1960 1971

1950 1960 1970

.- 1960 1970

1959-60

1953 1963 -1973

1950 1960 1970

2S

Alil"IhX I cont !ed~~---_._-_._-

Year( s ) partial surveyor partial census

taken of population

Year(s) sample survey t aken

of population

Year(s) oensus taken

cf population

Year for which census cf population

planned

Reunion Rwand.a St. Helena.

Sao Tome and Principe Sene pal

Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa.

Southern Rhodesia Spanish North Africa Spanish Sahara

Sudan Swaziland To.g'o Tunisia U"'anda

United Rep. of Tanzania Upper Volta

Zaire Zambia

*

Approximate

1964-66

1960-61 195s.-58

1952 1970-71 1960-61 1970-

71

1953-55 1956

1961 1971 1968-69

1950

1954 1961 1967 1956 1966 1950 1960 1970 1960 1971 1963 1951 1960 1970

1962 1969 1950 1960 1970 1950

19~O

1970 1956 1966 1958-60 1970

1956

1~66

1959 1969 1957 1958 1967 1963 1969

1972 *

1974 1973

1976

Sources: United Nations Statistical Office 1 united Nations Economic Commission for Africa, "African Population and Housin,q:

Censuses and Sur-vey" (Seventh Session of the Conference of African Statisticians, Dakar,

13-22

October

1971);

and United Nations Lconomic Commission for Africa,IIDerno,q:raphic Surveys in Africa,

1950-1970:

Some i,esul ts and Conclusions" (Hethodolop;y of TIemo.~raphic oample Surveys, Report of the Interre~ional workship on Methodolo~y of

Demo e-r-aphi.c 8ample Surveys, Cope nh ac-en , 24=Jeptember - 3 October

1969,

United Nations,

1971,

L~ Qales No.:

E. 71. XVII.

11 ).

..

. X£ ^.,_~_

.>li ...

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United Nations November 1971 ANNEX

EVENTS C(;VEh:';D BY CIVIL !LGISIR,TILN IN b.FRIeM COUNTRIES Sympols: x ⁼ yes; -no; information not available

Events registered

. _!

Country ^.t:l+' Compulsory registration

'"

,

^Q) coverage

cd ^Q)

~ ^(])

.--l

'"

^o

.Q .Q

'"

^{... H}

+' +' +' H ⁰

H

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^{(]) 1;j >}

... ^{Q) 0} ...

P'1 R Ii< :0; R

AFRICA

AIGeria •••••••••••••• ~ ••••• x x x ^x

· .

^, Entire country Angola incl. Cabinda ... <> .... x x x x x :Entire coun try

Botswana • • • • • • • .:, • • • • • • • • • 0\ i ••• ••• ,Attempts being made to

"register births and deaths n n Town Coun~il areas Burundi

... .. . ... .. . · .. · .. .. .

Cameroon

...

x x

...

^x

·..

^{• • c}

Cape Verde Islands ^{.... .. ....II} :> . . . X x :i. x

· ..

^{;Entire country}

Ceneral African Republio

..

^{x x}

^...

^{x X :'" ""}

Chad

..

..

..

..

.. ..

.... .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .... ....

. . .. ^{... .. .} _· .. ·..

^'

^...

Comor-o Islands .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

.. .

^{x x}

^... · ..

^{,~ e ..}

Congo (People's Rep. of)

..

^{x x x} Entire Gountry

Dahomey

...

x x

...

^..<;('

^{. .. .. .}

Egypt

... ^,

x x .x x x :El"tire

,

country Equatorial Guinea

...

^"

...

^{x x x x .Entire country}

;;:thiopia o ...

.. ^{. ...} · ..

^{iThere is plan to start I}

:arl effective civil regist- ration :.:'irst in Addis Ababa French territory of ohe

Afars and the Issas ^{e • • • •}

Gabon !

Gambi a ••••Q • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Gbana '"

i )

Ivory Coast •••••.••.•••••• ; Kenya ••••••••.•••••••••••• ¹

I

project.

Gro.. th survel villages and towns

...

Bathurst

I

138 townships, _m~inly urban.

'There iG a project, a

I

phased programme to ext end]

:civil registrCltion througJ:J.- lout the country

I ~ • •

i .

IGr.id.ua.L ext ensi on of the icivil registr_tion in

Iprogress

!Non-Africans

i~. ^. tal

: .::!J.A.perlmer. a.L

!Pcpulation.

Icovering 100 ,100 poI'S of x

x

...

t " •

...

x

X

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x

x x x

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Lesotho Liberia

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Annex .3 cont'ed

urban

· ..

areas, rnarri~ges anQ divo!'ces •., •••

Births and. deaths:

Asian population;

marriage: all Groups Compulsory registr~tion

cover6.ge

· ^{.. ,.}

· ..

Entire country Entire country En tire countz-y Entire country

Designdted registration areas, bradual exten-

sion EuTopealls Entire country Entire country Non-Africans

15

towns

Entire country Entire count ry Entire country Entire: country Entire ccunt ry Entire country Entire clJuntry

Cities mld largar vill- ages

Partial, no information on ar ea oovered

.iI:ntire oountry Entire oountry Entire cuuntry Entire country ,!}nti:re countr-y Entire oountry Entire country -;ies\;ern l'J.'ea x

x

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li3..m~ia ••^{( ' I . ,} flO.~^{• • •} ,·::l ..

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dyanish Saha:['a ••• ~., ... < • _ .0 e

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-rogo ",. ••^{-8 . . . . . I!I}• • • • • • • • .,.. . . . . [. . . .

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Upper Volta o • • • • • •~^{• • "}

Countz-y

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P,')rtutjuese' Guinea ••••', ^T ~ ^{. .}

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14

Time allowed for registration of live birth, death, foetal death, marriage and divorce: African countries fjbxee dots " ...¹¹ indicate that no information is available; a dash ^{11 - "} indicate" that there is no provision for registra.tionJ

Time allowed for registration of _....

Live Foetal I

Country birth Death death Marriage

I

Divorce

".

AFRICA ^{", ,I}

I

1

:Jilseria

. .. .

^..

. . ^.. . . . . . . ..

^{3 days}

²⁴

^hours

^.. ...

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· ..

I

I

...

!An2,ola inclo Cabinda

. . ^.. _· .. ^..

^"

^{. ·} ..

^•••

· ...

i

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,

••• • ••

I

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• 0 .. o . . .

· ..

^{••• I •••}

I

Cameroon QI . . . .III . . . .

15

^days

15

^days

.. . . _{· ...}

f

· ^...

'C ap e Verde Islands ^~

...

••• ^{o • •}

.. .. ^{.. .} .

I •••

r

ICentral Afrioan Repulblic ..

.. . •

••

· .. ^{.. ..} . i · ...

i'Chad ^{• • •,a(.r}. . . . m . e • • • • • •

· ...

^{o . . .}

· ^{.... ..} ...

^l

· ...

: Comoro I~lands

.. .. ..

• • 0

· ... · .. ^...

Congo (Democratic Rep. Of)! 8 days

·..

^{• ••}

^{.. .. .. ·} ..

Coneso (People1s Rep. of) :, 30 ^days

12

^mOnths

.. .. . · ^....

Dah omey , ..~ e . . . .

· ..

^~

^... _I ^{.. .. ..}

^•

^{•• .. ..}

: Er.ur.torLa I Guinea ^{.. C!e ...}

· .. ^.. ..

• •• • ••

,~"thicpia c . ' 1 • • • • •-.,w ••^~.

·...

^•••

· .. ^· .. · ..

Gabon

• 31."·.".,.·.,..·.··· · .. ^· ... · ...

^•••

•Gambia .. • .. a . . . . •••

· ... ^· ... ^•

^••

· ...

: Ghana 30.""0".011 . . . .

21

days

24

^hours • ••

.. .. ^•

^••

Guinea . . . " . . . ..f'. . . . • • e ..

. . •

••

· ...

^•••

,

!Ivory lliast ...~,^{III ..} ~

.. ^{.. .} .

•••

· ... ^{· ..}

Kenya ^" . . . .~ • • • • •I(I• • • ,

1

^month

'1

^{month ,;}

... ....

^•••

Lesotho~oQ~~.~~•• ~••••••

·

^~

. ^.. . .

^{• ••}

^•

^••

^.. ..

LibeTiaQ •• ~••••••••••••• ••• •••

· ...

^I,

^· .. · ...

Libyao ••••o • • • o • • • • • • •⁴ •

~ ¹⁵

^days

²⁴

^hours

· ... ^:7

^{days ',10 d.ays}

Madasa6car •••••••••••••~

.. .

^{••• • ••}

· .. ^· ..

, _!.

; llalawi⁰ ~ ^" • • • • • • • • • \I • • • • •

• • v • ••

· .. ^· ... ^{· ...}

^"

r~lali ••^{'3 Q tJ • • •} n . . . "- • • • • • ••

· .. · .. · .. ^· ..

r.iauri tania ••••••••••••••••ⁱ •••

... ^.. · ... ^{. .. .. . ·} ...

[45.

^{d ay s}

24

^{hours ,}a.t time of receipt of

r.Iauri tius " .i • • • • • • • • • • • • •

24

^{hour-s on}

;rna.:rria&;e the Supreme cour's order l[oroccoo . . . .

.. . ^..

••• ••• •••

•

••

Eozambique

^{. . . . .. . . . .. . .} · .. ^{· .. · ..}

^{••• • ••}

Nami.bi a ^{• • • • • • • •} \II CI " • • • • •

· .. · .. ^.. . . _{· ..} · ..

Nit8r.~6&~••••~•••••• ~•• •• • • •• •••

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l~i2eriao'l;l" .,) ••~ •• ^{D • • • • •}

. .. . · ... ^..11

^"

^...

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Annex 4 COn tted

Time allowed for registration of _-I

i

Country

Live

birth Death

Foetal

Deiith Marriage Divorce

• • • • • • I • • •

30

days-

.30

day s-r u-!

30

days rural. 7 Iral. 24 ! rural days urban hours urb-i

7

^days

an !urban

:Jenegal :

5

days in Dot fi.>..-ed (communes)

3 monthsjone month

! Malilla ••••••••••••••• :3 days

:.

..

^,

c ....

- ..

...

. ..

.. .

Reg'istered au't hor i t:;

granting

...

^{[ '}

---_. __ ^._-_.-

^.

· .

^,

• .. v

. ..

5

^days

- ..

· ..

~."

7

i ^t':'l-e

Jat time of

!

marr-i age

• e •

• 0 0

•••

...

...

· ..

· ..

.. .

· ..

...

· .

^"

· ..

3 day s

CJneciay

2 weeks 14 days

'1124 hour-s

· ..

I I

:3

^days

;

,Une day

...

••

...

3 days

. ..

• ••

24 ^hours

I

5

^days

·1_,

...

I

lune day lane day

.. . . ... ..

24 hours

1

i

I

! One week

I

I

¹⁵

d;';s

f.3 days

•••

•••

• ••

...

•••

...

...

.. ^.

·..

5

days

3 days

14 days

2 weeks .3 days

15 days

30

days 10 d.a, s

Southern Rhodesia •••••••

,

¹ Spanish North Africa

Ceuta•••••••••••••••••

Spanish Sahara•••••••••••!

'" d I

ou an •••••••••.••••••••• : Sw~ziland•••••••••••••••• : Togo •••••••••••••••••••• •^,1 Tunisia••••••••••••••••••

Ugandu .

Uni ted Arab Republio •••••

!

~nit8d Rep. af-Tanzani& ••

i _,

Upper Volta... I"

Zambia. ^!

i~eychelles••••••••••••••• : i3ierra Leone ••••••••••••

Somalia ••••••••••••••••••

South Africa .••••.••••••• ; :Sao Toroee and Principe •••

i

Rtrand a •••••••••••••••••• '

'St. Helena •••••••••••••••ⁱ

;Portuguese Guinea ••••••••

(Reunion ••••••.•••••••••••

•